Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast by Oscar Wilde

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✅ Language - English

✅ Dimensions - 5.5 x 8.26 inches

✅ Pages Amount 41

✅ Summary - 

The phrase "Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast" is a famous epigram from Oscar Wilde's play An Ideal Husband. The quote is an example of Wilde's sharp wit and satire directed at English social conventions. The quote suggests that people who are fully alert and witty early in the morning are, in fact, "dull" because they lack the interesting (perhaps "wild") experiences of the night before, such as late-night revelry or deep thought. Wilde implies that true brilliance and a vibrant life are incompatible with the strict, mundane routine of being a "morning person" who engages in serious conversation at breakfast. It is a critique of rigid societal norms and an endorsement of individuality and a less conventional, more spontaneous lifestyle.